Sad news as we have learned that the lead singer of The Cranberries Dolores O'Riordan has passed away at the age of 46.

From TMZ

The Cranberries lead singer, Dolores O'Riordan, died Monday in London.

Dolores and the rest of the band were reportedly in London for a recording session. A rep for the band would only say she died "suddenly." The rep offered no further details.

The Irish band struck it big in the '90s ... when Dolores took over for their previous lead singer. Their songs "Zombie" and "Linger" were huge international hits.

Dolores released 2 solo albums while the Cranberries were on hiatus. They got back together in 2009.

She split from her husband of 20 years in 2014, and had 3 children. Dolores was 46.

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